4) Israel-based Oryx Vision announced a $17 million Series A funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners for a new kind of object-detection technology aimed at the blooming self-driving car market.

5) Website owners are free to store users’ internet addresses to prevent cyber attacks, the European Union’s top court said on Wednesday, rejecting a claim from a German privacy activist who sought to stop the practice.

6) Tencent said a consortium formed to buy game developer Supercell has raised $850 million by selling new shares to investors, including Chinese state-owned investment firms AVIC Capital and CITIC Capital.

9) Intel’s fight against a record €1.06 billion EU antitrust fine received a boost on Thursday when a top European court adviser questioned whether the U.S. chipmaker’s actions had really harmed competition.